External quality assessment to support the WHO ProSPeRo study for the evaluation of two dual HIV/syphilis point-of-care tests in seven countries
Abstract Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis and HIV remain to be a significant public health issue worldwide. Dual rapid point-of-care tests (POCTs) have shown promise for detecting antibodies to HIV and syphilis but have not been fully evaluated in the field. Our stu...
Main Authors: | Weiping Cao, Yetunde F. Fakile, Mayur R. Shukla, Kevin Pettus, Kathryn Lupoli, Jaeyoung Hong, Allan Pillay, Ranmini Kularatne, Hicham Oumzil, Valeska Padovese, Nigel Sherriff, Isaac SSewanyana, Silver K. Vargas, Antonella Zorzi, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Ellen N. Kersh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-02-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09027-3 |
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